Optimization of the Thermoelectric Figure of Merit in Crystalline C₆₀ with Intercalation Chemistry
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Kim, Jeong Yun
Grossman, Jeffrey C.
Date Issued
June 2016
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Nano Letters
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American Chemical Society (ACS)
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Kim, Jeong Yun, and Grossman, Jeffrey C. “Optimization of the Thermoelectric Figure of Merit in Crystalline C₆₀ with Intercalation Chemistry.” Nano Letters 16, 7 (July 2016): 4203–4209 © 2016 American Chemical Society
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Abstract
Crystalline C₆₀ is an appealing candidate material for thermoelectric (TE) applications due to its extremely low thermal conductivity and potentially high electrical conductivity with metal atom intercalation. We investigate the TE properties of crystalline C₆₀ intercalated with alkali and alkaline earth metals using both classical and quantum mechanical calculations. For the electronic structure, our results show that variation of intercalated metal atoms has a large impact on energy dispersions, which leads to broad tunability of the power factor. For the thermal transport, we show that dopants introduce strong phonon scattering into crystalline C₆₀, leading to considerably lower thermal conductivity. Taking both into account, our calculations suggest that appropriate choice of metal atom intercalation in crystalline C₆₀ could yield figures of merit near 1 at room temperature.
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Materials Science and Engineering
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https://doi.org/10.1021/ACS.NANOLETT.6B01073
